John Reardon

Studio Portrait: Medaglia d’Oro, Horse head and eye - Stallion Portrait

2009

Cape Cross (13 March 1994 – 21 April 2017) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a son of the July Cup winner Green Desert and Cheveley Park Stakes, winner Park Appeal who ...

Slickly was a world champion miler and leading French sire. Series: Studio Portraits, Slickly - 'Mane', 2009 by John Reardon Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper, Pri...

'Dubawi' (foaled 7 February 2002) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. Dubawi is a bay horse with no white markings bred in Ireland by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud. ...

Cape Cross, 2009 by John Reardon Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass This piece is part of (after) Whistlejacket - Contemporar...

Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He al...

'Bernardini' (March 23, 2003 – July 30, 2021) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2006 Preakness Stakes and Travers Stakes. Series: Studio Portraits, 'Bernard...

Available sizes: 37.5" x 30", Edition of 15 50" x 40", Edition of 10 60" x 48", Edition of 5 Narrative: There is nothing standard about this poodle. Ceelo is one of the most interes...

Available sizes: 37.5" x 30", Edition of 15 50" x 40", Edition of 10 60" x 48", Edition of 5 Narrative: There is nothing standard about this poodle. Ceelo is one of the most interes...

Available sizes: 37.5" x 30", Edition of 15 50" x 40", Edition of 10 60" x 48", Edition of 5 THE EYES OF A WOLF are not like the yes of a dog. But, they used to be. Rooted deep in the very heart of this collection was an enduring desire to explore and learn from the emotional connections we share with out closest companions: Dogs. As I sat face to face with over 120 different dogs, I couldn’t help but contemplate their origins. I couldn’t help but recognize the beautiful similarities they hare with one another, namely, their unwavering desire to be close to the humans that love them. We know that dogs descended from wolves. The details around this decendency, however, vary widely. Scientists aren’t entirely sure when in time the split began. And there are still a sea of questions regarding where. But, what I find most interesting throughout all of the evolutionary studies around dogs is the overwhelming evidence for a process called self-domestication. There have been cases recorded among other types of animals (foxes, for example), where scientists believe that the friendliness of an animal, for various reasons, led to the significant advantage of their survival. Brian Hare, head of Duke University Canine Cognition Center, suggests that the physical changes in dogs over time, like splotchy coats, curly tails, and floppy ears, might all be a result of self-domestication. “Friendliness somehow drives these physical changes.” It is believes that perhaps humans are, in face, not responsible for the domestication of wolves at all, but that, instead, wolves domesticated themselves. To be near to us. It is said that if friends are the family you choose, then dogs are the family that choose you. And choose us, it seems they did. How beautiful that the very thing we marvel at most in our pets— loyalty, love, steadfastness—are the very thing that evolved to allow us to have them in the first place. That it may all come down to a moment when the wild wolf decided to become…the Good Dog. Toy Poodle...

Available sizes 32 x 32 Edition of 15 40 x 40 Edition of 10 48 x 48 Edition of 5 THE EYES OF A WOLF are not like the yes of a dog. But, they used to be. Root...

Available sizes 32 x 32 Edition of 15 40 x 40 Edition of 10 48 x 48 Edition of 5 THE EYES OF A WOLF are not like the yes of a dog. But, they used to be. Rooted deep in the very hea...

Series: Fairytale Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" Edition 3 + 2 Artist Proofs Luke, from my Fairytale series. This was quite a moment, I was there he was about 3 feet from me my Hasselblad 503cw...